Telegram-herald., 1887-01-18
TERROR Or THELAKES
Els ggI 70 TIE llLlH tIn.


say Boss -st wsut go srs-e tfa'
p-ll alh yo4. ren4r4et h.e-f.eyea
ookrs specimen of ma1 a. he opened .-e
door 10 re editorial loous of tie
IsLtsfsN HsEtiD. a. an early 1uA4 e
-sriss mlfl-rE IL Was lls -elor4 f-slt io
laa fls.e. d., nrsi having proved llADtia.-
IS Ieulneraisr Tor urins az o+1 iflLi
le Las successfully soIAcl tLe loml lQsii1ls
o lh-if spare mlzies sD1 1liass on ile
plea Of deslriUZ something 70 sai anu
l.ele 60 .ay lis asay head. HIS cAotues
fe-e muan tie worse Tor cal, as ltS-s
aTn Was carried ia sllug and his hleeiA
reminded one oL henucEy distAlsi9'
lie Va far tom being hands bui
Intellectually De Mas lar above lhe average
Tho seedg loOSing individual VAS 10
b ranger % tie editorial force. IOf ulio NE
visits were like ilose o. The ungels-iaf De-
f9een-lhev were nevertheless 0I sucA
charal Ter as o. remain inaellly Impressed
.l THE memory 70 these who lad once seen
sIm The individual Vas Done oiher lil@-
Jack johnson better known 90 members
ol The Iyp0gga pLic1l Union os The terror
q lae Iaa-s Sow Jack nas been WoiA-
ias be ysntere around The lakes for years,
stt there Is not one al tAe.n ~ill say no
90 his yilsous appeals Tor aid ~ Oh 'hnm
prints. ht certainly taAes l-e bakery IOf
ae won work aud he viii Ase-sO charity
IS extended aim As z means u T.0ulus tAein
OF nls obnoxious presence
lie vas a good printer once on time
straight laced church member but-Ake
the tramp OF which Dards have sung-he fell
rom grace and became wauderer on Tie
iace o. tie earth. J0hnsons history reads
mu Ike novel and we're II not coiFoO
Grated by otAoIs than he, lis publication
would be looked OF AS savOr.ng OI the tales
Of Baron MunChausen. MOI more tLan a
dozen wears ago. Jack held cases on tbe
Guelph ont. ddreritssr, and being eAay
going active handsome young Fellow, lie
novel al the 0cst society aha Nds looked
ca a. r s0Od cilcl. fer be inace good wages
ana h.s clothes were cgt IN he .a'es, sty re-.
There wa among the maay girls q The
Cana Ian village one who looked on JACK a.
para On and she lost uo opportunity u be
u AZ him and was 4 patent listener 10 tnr
tale OF love which ne ~ whispered ia Aer ear.
Mamie was & winsCme little lass Of about
d. wlth 6alk mar ard eyes, beautiful COM
s.sxi,n and the belle of the city. Her
iather was proprietor OF tie ddfer'-er.
nence Mamie anu beT Romeo were thrown
frequently together. Fearing opposition
from her parents Mamie did not disclose
her love to them Dut n an EVIL mOmen;
consented q leave her paternal root and
1
was merred. tor ime q went happily,
but Johnson uring cf domssnc
care.-or ht-e stranger had
teel sd3el 70 their iami,y-deSeItet
1Is Chiid-Wife and from that lime On began
his d0Wn-hlll career. He was noi heard
from Tor months. and the poor deserted
wife returned 10 Eer parents brOSen
hearted The next heard of HIM, he KID
mapped the child. carried iI to Cleveland
attempted 20 pawn it saloon Tor liquor
and failing il this LETT il With the landlord
as security for his bOsrd- OIL Jack has
sept steadily dropping lower IN the scale ot
humanity, and hes aimOE, reached tAe end
OF his rope. Devoid Of a. friends aud suOrn
of ell ambition ne thinks OF nothing else
but drink and will resort 70 every sub.er
fuge TO secure the death dealing mani hJoi
Destroying liquor
such, in brief is the history Of the Ter
rOr Of the Lakes IJ - a SD one. JaL.
have no horror for him. death would he &
relief 90 him, yet far away IN that litl'
Canadian town there X one whose nightly
prayers 20 up for him. Deserted and dis
g,.Csa. sbe still meL Der him ss tha jscs
vi oideu days, and hopes some day that h'
may see the error Of his way aud return
.gsin the same bright, honest, inGlslrlOG
! husband OF yore.
Tbs perhaps better SO. To see him rs h'
/ is now would out add 10 her Cup OF sorrc9
and bitterness. lie Is past redemption
dis visits are short bis dcmands few. H|
- q per sioner on the printers. Death alcn'
Niil relieve them 4 lis periodical visits.